ZetaTalk: Cold Fusion
Note: written on May 15, 1996.

Cold fusion is a myth, the dream of those who would have endless cheap energy readily available. Energy is released from fusion or fission, but in both cases this is
a barely controlled explosion. Nuclear bombs are the extremes that man is aware of, and when trying to harness this energy they sit on the virtual nuclear bombs
called nuclear power stations, tinkering with the controls. How would it be that cold fusion would be possible, among the molecular components on Earth, yet not
already fused? What is to stop the process? Are the molecules waiting for the signal from eager scientists? Fusion happens under great compression, not on the
benign surface of the Earth, and anyone asserting otherwise in only looking to fuse hard cash to his wallet.